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Did a 12 gallon batch (split it into 2 carboys) 8 days ago and fermented ~73 using Wyeast 3638. Got great attenuation (86%). What do you think about cold crashing to say 30* to knock down some of the chill haze?I wanted to add lactose and fruit extracts. when is a good time to do this?

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Depends how you are crashing I guess. Personally I like to get everything mixed up early on so it will mature. I don't like additives added late in the game as they don;t seem to meld as well as they would have if conditioned all together.

Just my opinion.

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+1 on adding the lactose now. You can add fruit extracts at kegging or bottling.

Just curious why would you want to crash a weiss? If you want to crash I like to cool down to about 34 for 36-48 hours. You wont clear chill haze, but it will help yeast drop out of suspension...which to me you want in a weiss beer. Maybe Im misinterpreting your question.

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Actually it's not a Weissbier- more like a fruit beer. And after reading your responses I think i will add the lactose first (thanks Euge-makes sense what you said) then get the beer down in the upper 30s long enough to force carb for a few days. Then add my extracts and bottle. My intention is to produce a slightly sweeter version of a Blueberry wheat I did last year. Problem with the last one is the blueberry flavor was gone rather quickly. and that's after double dosing with extract. Peaches N Cream Hefe is where i got the lactose idea.

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